Permission levels for a user account repository

A repository owned by a user account has two permission levels: the repository owner and collaborators.

Tip: If you require more granular read/write access to a repository owned by your user account, consider transferring the repository to an organization. For more information, see "Transferring a repository."

There is only one owner of a repository owned by a user account; this permission cannot be shared with another user account. To transfer ownership of a repository to another user, see "How to transfer a repository."